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Feb 
24, 1959 
Dear Dr. Schmitt: 
Your good letter of Jan. 31 last took three weeks to reach me; 
apparently held up on this end, presumably due to the rather dis- 
organized state of things here at this time as a result of the 
change in government. In order that you might know the truth, I 
sent you a night letter cable yesterday explaining this fact. 
I will not devote much space in this letter to tell you about 
conditions here as we shall have plenty of time to talk about this 
next month. Suffice it to say that the new government has the 
behind them almost 100^ and everyone is cooperating to help 
the bearded ones" in their efforts to bring moral as well as 
economic stability back to Cuba. 
Have taken due note of your detailed instructions regarding 
the forthcoming trip, and will arm myself with a new small pox 
vaccination certificate and if necessary have a booster shot to 
reactivate those which I received last year against typhoid. I 
very much doubt whether yellow fever shots can be obtained here. 
Thank you for offering me an advance to cover freight and air 
travel. I do not believe this will be necessary but am sincerely 
grateful for your thoughtfulness. 
I am having four traps made and they should be finished very 
soon. They will be somewhat smaller than those used last year, but 
will still afford plenty of room for creatures to climb aboard I 
I plan to have them lightly crated and will ship via the most 
expeditious route in good time. 
If you plan to ship the following with your equipment,! will 
leave behind: 
The Weber scoop, used last year 
Water mask, flippers and snorkel 
Shell dredges and rope (nylon if possible)- 
A set of three different gauge screens 
for sifting sand 
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Will you please supply me with name of the ”Caribee“'s Master. 
I presume our point of departure at Trinidad will be Port of Spain ’ 
This wni be necessary for me to ship my gear. Also, at a later 
date of course, you will Inform me of our rendezvous in Miami. 
fish taken in the deep water of Matanzas Bay is 
NTIGONIA CAPROS LGY/E. It is a monotype. Recorded in the U.S.Bureai 
s es Check list from Madeira & Barbados in deep water. Close ir 
systematic order to family Scorpidae - "Half Moon Fishes" (Pacific 
water) and genus Chaetod ipterus , e.g. Spadefish, Moonfish, etc. 
The specimen from Matanzas Bay is about the same size as those in the 
unlv. of Havana collection, and may presumably be considered an adult 
